England vs. Australia, 2nd Test: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

England opened the Ashes summer with a resounding 169-run triumph in the opening Test in Cardiff—now it is time to see if Australia can bounce back as the series moves to Lord's.

Alastair Cook's side overcame a shaky start to win with a day to spare in the Welsh capital, giving them the early advantage.

The tourists have little time to lick their wounds as the teams quickly head to London. Australia have an impressive overall record in Ashes matches at the famous venue—they have won 14 and lost just seven of their 35 Test appearances.

However, they have not won there since the summer of 2005. That year they drew first blood, only to end up losing the series 2-1.

Date: Thursday, July 16, 2015

Time: 11 a.m. BST

Venue: Lord's, London

Live stream and TV info: Sky Sports (UK), Nine Network (Australia), SKY Sport (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa), STAR Sport (India) and NowTV (UK streaming service).

Weather: The outlook for Lord's is generally good, per BBC Weather. There is the possibility of thundery showers on the opening day, but overall the weather should not curtail the possibilities of a positive result.

Overview

England caught Australia cold in Cardiff. On a sluggish pitch, Alastair Cook's side outplayed and outwitted their rivals.

It could, though, have been a different story had Joe Root not been dropped at the start of his innings on the first day. Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin was unable to cling on to a relatively straightforward edge, letting England's form player off the hook when he should have been dismissed for a second-ball duck.

The drop proved costly—Root went on to make 134, England raced to 430 in their first innings and Australia found themselves unable to ever get a foothold in the contest.

Michael Clarke's side showed a lack of application with the bat in both innings, while even their vaunted bowling attack struggled for consistency. Mitchell Johnson, the scourge of England in the last Ashes, taking 37 wickets on home soil as Australia won 5-0, finished with match figures of two for 180.

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Clarke and coach Darren Lehmann will hope Mitchell Starc is fit to play. He bowled through the pain at the Swalec Stadium, though an ankle problem did not stop him from picking up seven wickets in the match.

Lehmann told Sky Sports that the left-arm paceman, who had an injection to allow him to bowl on Day 3, could still feature in the second Test: "The big thing for us is he's got to be fully fit, we can't have a bowler go down." 

If Starc isn't ready, Australia will choose between seamers Peter Siddle and Pat Cummins. The latter only recently joined up with the squad as a replacement for the now-retired Ryan Harris.

They will definitely be making a change behind the stumps. Per BBC Sport, Haddin will miss the match at Lord's for personal reasons. Instead, the uncapped Peter Nevill will don the gloves for the visitors.

Shane Watson played in Wales, but he summed up his Test career with a performance that promised much before delivering little. He made starts in both innings with the bat, only to be trapped leg before wicket. He also unsuccessfully reviewed the decisions on each occasion. 

Watson sent down just 13 overs with the ball and, with Mitchell Marsh waiting in the wings having scored back-to-back centuries in the warm-up wins over Kent and Essex, the 34-year-old could be for the chop.

Chris Barrett of the Sydney Morning Herald reported on the eve of the Test that Watson had, indeed, been dropped. 

Fox Sports' poll suggested Marsh is clearly the favoured choice among Australians to bat at six in the order:

England won't need a long management meeting to sort out their XI.

They named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Test, with Steve Finn and Adil Rashid likely to be left out again on the morning of the match.

The home side recorded Ashes wins at Lord's in 2009 and 2013. If they make it a hat-trick of victories over Australia at cricket headquarters, they would take a giant step toward regaining the miniature urn.

Key players

England

Root has been in outstanding form in England's middle order. He also has a fabulous record at Lord's—in his last four matches at the venue he has amassed 662 runs at an average of 94.57.

His century in the first Test of the series was the bedrock on which his team could build a match-winning position. He also made 60 in the second innings, as well as picking up two wickets to help secure victory.

The Yorkshireman—now Cook's understudy—has moved up to fourth in the ICC rankings. The only mistake he made in Cardiff was laughing at his captain after he had taken a blow just below the belt on Day 2.

Australia

While England's vice-captain was the star of the show in the opener, Australia's second in command did not manage to hit the ground running.

Steve Smith sat on top of the Test batting rankings at the start of the series, but two successive scores of 33 were not enough to keep him at the summit. 

He rather carelessly got himself caught at short mid-wicket off the bowling of spinner Moeen Ali in the first innings, though he was not the only Australian batsman to perish in tame fashion when well set.

Squads

England

Alastair Cook (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Steven Finn, Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood

Australia

Michael Clarke (captain), Fawad Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Brad Haddin (wicketkeeper), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill (wicketkeeper), Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson

All stats used in the preview, as well as the squads listed, were from ESPN Cricinfo